Tag: Technology

Free barcode reading apps for the iPhone

There are lots of cool barcode readers for the iPhone and iPod Touch 4 out there.  I did my research, and found the best free ones.  They are:

  • Redlaser
  • Neoreader
  • iNigma 4
  • Microsoft Tag Reader

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Faronics security products and my school

My school uses 2 Faronics products to try to keep its computers more secure.  The 2 products are Faronics Deep Freeze and Faronics Insight. While they keep out the riff raff, the defenses don’t stand a chance against a nerdy kid like me. (continue reading…)


Even Best Buy uses Deep Freeze

When I went to Best Buy, I noticed that the Macs had an interesting little icon in the menu bar.  It looked like it belonged to the program Deep Freeze, which wipes the hard drive of a computer with every boot to prevent tampering.  I knew how to open it (Shift-Double click), and presto!  The password dialog showed up.  At least Best Buy isn’t using any other software from Faronics…

Deep Freeze logo

© Faronics Corporation, image links to source


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